cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34247715

Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 hours ago

    Win10 -> Linux Mint, with a short stopover in Ubuntu.

    First I ran it dual boot. When I decided to dump Windows completely, I made one big mistake. I didn’t understand how Linux designates drives very well, and I ended up formatting one of my drives I didn’t mean to.

    I don’t feel like Mint is lacking, so I haven’t bothered checking out other distros. I just wanted something that works, and Mint works fine for me.

    The only Windows feature I miss is the big preview in file explorer.

    I highly recommend Learn Linux TV on YouTube.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Mint is fine.

      I ended up formatting one of my drives I didn’t mean to.

      Ouch. Did that once or twice with really important data, resulting in all-night sessions with photorec/testdisk and secondary and tertiary storage. Files restored, but just the directory structure and filenames missing can be a huge downside.